An overview of the theory of p-adic Galois representations
Jared Weinstein (Boston University)

Location

MSRI: Simons Auditorium

Video

Abstract

We give an introductory discussion of the theory of p-adic representations of the field of p-adic numbers. Topics will include: Tate's p-divisible groups paper, the field of norms, the formalism of period rings, and (phi,Gamma)-modules

An overview of the theory of p-adic Galois representations
Jared Weinstein (Boston University)

Location

MSRI: Simons Auditorium

Video

Abstract

We give an introductory discussion of the theory of p-adic representations of the field of p-adic numbers. Topics will include: Tate's p-divisible groups paper, the field of norms, the formalism of period rings, and (phi,Gamma)-modules